From wild card to Super Bowl champ

September 3, 2012 - Burt Angeli

Sports Illustrated pro football expert Peter King expects the Packers to be a “wild card” team this season, win three playoff games on the road and edge Denver 33-30 in the Super Bowl.

King forecasts the Bears, Chiefs, Falcons and Cowboys as division champs.

“How could I pick the Pack to lose five games if I like them so much?” King wrote on SI.com. “Tough slate.

“Open with two games as physical as they come (Niners then Bears on a short week), Drew Brees in Week 4, at Houston on a Sunday night in Week 6, at Detroit and the Giants back to back in November, Detroit and Chicago back to back in December.”